Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-06
The Magazines.

The first article in the June number of the
Magazine Of American History 10 a paper on
fredericksburg First and Last" continue
ton of Mr. Moncure ID. Conveys graphic
historical sketches of that old Virginia town.
Mrs. Lamb, the editor follows with q well
written sketch of Gen. Robert Moncton of
whom very little has hitherto been known.
Hon. Isaac +. Smith contributes an account
Of an old Boston 'Historic Meeting House"
There is also an interesting article on Can
ada during the Victorian Era" Another
attraction is an entertaining description of
the great artist. Jean Francois Millet aud
some of his masterpieces by Albert Wolff.
The minor departments are well filed. Pub.
lished at 743 Broadway, New York City.
The Century for June. Mr.. KEENAN, gives
a graphic description of Count Tolstoi, the
great Russian novelist. and his home. Mrs.
Van Rensselaer, describes Peterborough
Cathedral. There is an article on
college Boat Racing BY Julian
Hawthorne, having special reference to the
New London course, and being also some
what in the nature of a review of the history
of his sport in American, especially at
Harvard. The second paper, "BOat-Racing
by Amateurs" is contributed BY Yale man,
writing over the name of Henry Ecklord
An illustrated paper of the widest popular
bearing is the second of Professor W. 0.
Atwater's articles on food entitled Chow
Food Nourishes the Body" and presenting
in compact form large amount Of the latest
deductions of chemical analysis and other
scientific investigation in this department
The Lincoln History is continued. The
special topics in the present part are the
attack on Charles Sumner by Preston s
d..
March 6, 1857. The battle series make a
comprehensive advance with a paper by Gen.
+. VI. Law on the Virginia campaign of 1864
entitled "From the Wilderness to Cold
Harbor." Mr.. Stockton's serial, 1.-The
HuDdreth Man." is continu d. and MISS
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps contributes a tragic
and heart re1ding story, entitled Jack"
which is illustrated by Irving r. Wiles and
Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote. Jack" is a
fisherman, who inherits the tendency to drink !;
he is typical case, whose st dy is recon-
meDded to all interested in the temperance
cause. There are also various miscellaneous
articles.
The North American Review for June
opens with paper on Parties and Independ-
ents," by Hon Dorman B Eaton; followed
by "My Experience as a Lawyer" by Presi.
dentGarheld, which consists of autobiography
cal notes furnished to Edmund Kirke as mater
ials for a life; 1.-THE Shakespeare Myth, by L.
Mathis Donelly; "Psrnell as a Leader" by
Alexander Sullivan; THE Court of Public
Opinion by Lemucl E. QuigQ; 1.-The Lodg-
g-House Vote in New York. by Hon. Henry
A Gumbleton; "Boucicault and Wagner"
by Mr.. Edgar J. Levey and other interesting
articles.
The Wide Awake for June contains "The
Chase of the Meteor" by Edwin L. Bynner !;
"Down in Landwich Town" by Amanda B.
Harris; "A Splendid Fire." (Ballards of
Authors) by Harriet Prescott Spofford;
combinations Of the stories, "a Story of
Keedon Bluffs" and "A Young Prince of
Commerce. Sketches in Natural History
and in Ancient History; also the beginning
of new serial, 1.-The Lost Medicine of the